More fun with zoo animals!

Poisonous frog

Giant Tree Frog

Monkey love

Food bucket

Mmm, celery

Clumsy sea lion baby follows mama inside.

Coquerel’s Sifaka Lemur - Mama lemur cleaning her baby.

Alligator - my, what big teeth you have!

Ring-tailed lemurs

Red ruffed lemurs chillin’ in the tree

Big yawn!

More yawning

Tiger - big kitty

Human food, spotted in the tiger pen.

Otters are very active critters.

Lizard love

Javan Lutung have very long tails

Javan Lutung and Silvery Lutung (or Silvered Leaf Monkey)

Baby Javan Lutung

Malayan Tapir

Time for a dip!

Black Panther

Riding the Wild Asia Monorail

Someone’s making a break for it!

Mismatch

A pair of pachyderms

Mama rhinoceros

And baby

Hyenas chased each other around their pen.

Wild dogs have very large ears.

4th of July brought a 3-day weekend, the perfect excuse for a couple of local adventures. First stop was the Bronx Zoo. It was a lot of fun to see and learn about the animals. Our favorites included the gorillas, giraffes, tapir, and lots and lots of monkeys. There are quite a few babies at the zoo, most of whom were quite entertaining!

In case you were wondering how they do it…

Lions!

Turtles

Giraffes are kinda saggy

Baby Margaret

How baby giraffes are made

Okapi

Crocodile

Rambunctious baby gorillas were so fun to watch!

Mischievous little ones

Mama is not amused.

So serious

Gorillas have big hands!

Lunchtime for the human species! I packed a healthy vegetarian picnic.

Escaped monkey posing as a baby human!

(I took so many photos from our day at the zoo, I’m breaking this post into two parts. Stay tuned for more animals!)

Corin and I have a Sunday video chat date about every other week. It’s a great way to watch him grow and develop from afar. Luckily my next chat will be in person - I’m going to CA soon to meet the cutest baby in the world! He’s becoming more engaged and learning to smile, which means he has 2 weeks to practice before I arrive!

A couple weeks ago, we braved the rain to check out the brand new High Line. The tracks, 30 feet above street level, were built in the 1930s to carry freight up and down the west side of Manhattan. Service stopped in 1980, and a few years later, property owners and residents along the High Line debated the demolition of the tracks - one group wanted to destroy it, while the other wanted to reopen it for service. In 1999, Friends of the High Line was established and proposed creating a public space along the structure, and the organization has spent much of the past 10 years gaining support and raising funds for the project. Finally, in June 2009, the first section was opened to the public. It is beautifully designed and landscaped and is a lovely tribute to the history of the High Line. Come to NYC and check it out!

Cool lounge chairs on old train wheels

Me and Bret

Dwight and Lexi

Zigzagging walkway and bleacher seating to view the action on 10th Ave.

Rain, rain, go away…

Tracks leading into the building across the street

View to the Hudson River

Cool and interesting junk on someone’s roof space